After Tutti Frutti, Little Richard began garnering fans from both sides of the civil rights divide. He brought black and white youngsters together on the dance floor and even helped…

This offering from poet David Kirby is both an exploration of the ways in which the mind invites chaos yet keeps it at a distance, and an apologia for humour…

The first of two volumes on the history of the Baltic world from the late Middle Ages to the present, this book covers the period from 1492 to 1772. The…

In the 1990s, two series of shots containing a mercury-based preservative called Thimerosal were added to the nation’s already crowded vaccination schedule. Some parents noticed their healthy children suddenly descending…

Colloquial in tone, balancing narrative breadth with precise detail, Davis Kirby’s poetry displays his voracious curiosity about history, science, literature, and popular culture. Yet here he also reinvents himself with…

From John Henry and "The House of the Rising Sun" to Elvis, the Beatles, Nirvana, and the turntable revolution, David Kirby traces the complex relationship between artist, audience, time, and…

When the six Academy students return from winter break, dark personalities-both human and spiritual-begin to gather around their school. Who will stand strong and who will fall before the mounting…

In the autumn of 1942, British Special Operations Executive agent Ronald Sydney Seth was parachuted into German occupied Estonia, supposedly to carry out acts of sabotage against the Nazis in…